(Part I of this article appeared on 04 June) by Laleen Jayamanne A.J. Gunawardena wrote art criticism for The Island newspaper under the pseudonym Jayadeva. In...
By Uditha Devapriya Over the last few decades, the Social Scientists’ Association has published a number of significant books. Their prices never reflect their value, and...
by Laleen Jayamanne I knew Trilicia Gunawardena, as so many others did, only in her famously memorable role of the tragic princess in Maname and later...
Footprints in the Dust: The Life of the Buddha from the Most Ancient Sources’ By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Bhante Shravasti Dhammika of Australia, a prolific writer,...
By Uditha Devapriya In a penetrating analysis in Jacobin Magazine, Assistant Professor of History at the University of California Irvine, James Robertson, diagnoses the problems of...
By Uditha Devapriya In his recent work on D. S. Senanayake, K. M. de Silva explores certain controversial aspects of Ceylon’s lurch into independent statehood. Among...
Thirteen may be considered an unlucky number by many. But not for Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, just now. He has 13 Cabinet Ministers. It is a...
“Not everything is metal, but metal is everywhere. Metal is a conductor of all matter … and thought is born more from metal than stone…” Deleuze...
By Uditha Devapriya The protests at Galle Face have been continuing for more than a month now. Initially aimed against Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his band of...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Our proud claim, as Sri Lankan Buddhists, is that we are the guardians of Theravada Buddhism. Further, some believe that we practise...